Peripheral Matters | In 1988, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) established its Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) Committee. That same year, on the pages of JACC, Committee Chair John Spittell shared his perspective on the potential role that cardiovascular medicine specialists might play in the diagnosis and treatment of PVD. He argued that across the spectrum from peripheral arterial occlusive and aneurysmal disease to venous and lymphatic disorders, PVD should right...